Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
Kamikaze Taxi is a 1995 Japanese-language crime movie directed by Masato Harada, with a running time of 2h 49m. It stars Koji Yakusho, Kazuya Takahashi and Mickey Curtis.
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.
Cast
- Koji Yakusho as Kazumasa Kantake
- Kazuya Takahashi as Tatsuo
- Mickey Curtis as Animaru
- Reiko Kataoka as Tama
- Taketoshi Naitō as Domon
- Kenichi Yajima as Ishida
- Toshi Shioya as Near-death experience lecturer
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Chaplin
- Toshie Negishi as Loud-mouthed taxi passenger
- Takeshi Caesar
- Tetsu Watanabe
- Eiji Ôki